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Bolsonaro has been detained after authorities found he posed a definite escape threat while under home confinement.

The ex-president was sentenced of orchestrating a military coup in last fall and sentenced more than a 27-year term in prison, but he was staying under home detention pending appeals.

Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Justice Moraes said the action to imprison the 70-year-old politician was a safety action after recent developments were revealed.

This encompassed trying to remove his tracking device and a call for a demonstration that could facilitate a chance to flee".

Judicial Records Show Escape Concerns

In a paperwork permitting the detention, the magistrate said data from the unit overseeing the former president's confinement suggested the former leader's aim to disable the electronic ankle bracelet to guarantee victory in his flight.

This, it said, would be assisted by the disorder caused by the demonstration called by his offspring.

His offspring, Flávio, who serves as a senator, called for a assembly of his backers near Bolsonaro's home to take place on the weekend.

Flávio Bolsonaro wrote on digital networks on Friday: "Are you going to fight for your nation, or see it all from your mobile device there on your couch? I call on you to struggle with us."

He said the gathering would be so backers could "pray for his health and for the reestablishment of democratic governance in our land."

Foreign Shelter Risks

Part of the magistrate's decision was the chance of the former president's transfer to foreign missions near the residence, considering that the investigations revealed a history of arranging to seek refuge through a consular facility", a announcement said.

The court filing emphasizes that the American diplomatic mission in the national capital, the capital city, is situated around approximately 13 kilometers from the former president's residence.

Worldwide Consequences

The former president's legal troubles have provoked anger from fellow conservative nationalist American leader President Trump, leading him to enact a half-rate duty on Brazilian product imports.

He is being kept in a federal law enforcement building in Brasilia and will undergo a custody hearing on the following day.

Recent Judicial Appeals

It was only on the previous day that the former president's lawyers asked the High Court to permit him to complete his entire prison term under domestic detention, with tracking devices.

They also requested that Bolsonaro be permitted to leave his home for healthcare, saying he demanded frequent medical attention for lung conditions and other illnesses.

Details of Guilty Verdict

He was found guilty of leading a conspiracy aimed at retaining his authority after he failed to win the national vote to his left-wing rival, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.

Top judicial officials said that he knew of a plot which involved plans to murder his opponent and his vice-presidential running mate, Alckmin, and to arrest and execute Justice Moraes - the High Court judge who has been managing the former president's case.

The plot was stopped because it couldn't obtain the endorsement of the army and air force commanders. His successor was sworn in without incident on the first day of 2023.

But a following week, on 8 January, many Bolsonaro supporters attacked and damaged public facilities in the capital, Brazil's capital.

The police intervened and around approximately 1,500 persons were taken into custody.

The justices found that the demonstrators had been encouraged by him whose plan, they said, was for the Brazilian military to step in, bring back stability and reinstate his authority.

At the moment, his attorneys called the 27 years and three months sentence "absurdly excessive.

He was also prohibited from seeking elected position until twenty-sixty - eight years after the conclusion of his imprisonment.

The one-time head of state called the legal proceedings a political persecution and said it was aimed at blocking him participating in the next presidential race.